Kevin Cuddihy, Univision’s President of Local Media, is leaving the company. Today, Univision Communications, Inc (UCI) announced he will be replaced by John W. Eck as Chief Local Media Officer, effective immediately.
Cuddihy, who has been in his current role since last year, joined Univision in 2009 as EVP of TV Advertising Sales for Univision Local Media.
Eck will now oversee UCI’s local business including the company’s 128 television and radio stations in key markets across the country, as well as maintain his technology, operations and engineering responsibilities. He’ll remain based in New York and continue to report to President and CEO Randy Falco.
Eck, who joined Univision as VP of Technology, Operations and Engineering in 2011, previously worked at NBC Universal for 18 years.
Although the company announced in a release that Cuddihy “has decided to step down” and “will work with Eck in the next few months to support him in the transition,” his exit comes as a surprise.
Univision has been doing executive reductions and reassignments as it continues to prepare for its IPO, which a source says is likely to happen at the end of November or early December.
4toBate. says
Se habia demorado.
Ese home run estaba ya cantado hace su buen par de años.
IPO ? esa vaina esta mas dificil que una calculadora sin teclas.
Te veo mar Federico, te veo mar !
2+2 says
What are John Eck’s credentials? Has he ever worked at a TV station?
InNY says
What are so many other’s credentials ?
Have you all checked, all the imported cargo by Azcarraga, or brought in by Falco ?
Univision has been a cesspool of so many adjectives during it’s last years, certainly, a shameful demise.
Crazy says
Univision is corrupted, every month new executives. Many times there is no money for copy paper but Fusion loss over 23 millions last year. And YES Emilio Ascarraga is the boss, yesterday he order get rid of three Unimas programs because aren’t mexicans.